S09 Episode 4: Adam Greenfield The Tao of WAO

Laura and Doug speak with the author of Radical Technologies: The design of everyday life, Adam Greenfield. A Verso author, Adam has a new book coming out called Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in A World on Fire

Adam Greenfield: https://speedbird.wordpress.com/
Favourite book: Stephen Mitchell translation of Tao Te Ching: https://stephenmitchellbooks.com/translations-adaptations/tao-te-ching/

Lifehouses - https://speedbird.wordpress.com/2023/04/10/the-lifehouse-distributed-community-support-centers-for-the-long-emergency/
https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/from-churches-to-lifehouses
Climate change and doomerism - https://social.coop/@adamgreenfield/111942463874510426
Bruce Sterling - "Viridian Green" thinking/design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viridian_design_movement
Arcosanti - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcosanti
AI and Object Horror - https://mastodon.social/@apike/111939446130457407
AI and pattern recognition - https://social.coop/@adamgreenfield/111952644538668726

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